ORS 35020 - Children’s Orthopaedics CE

Cr Hrs: 6, 3
Session Length: 4 weeks

This is a face to face clinical rotation. This career exploration course (CE) will allow third year medical students to explore this discipline as a potential career choice. Students will be expected to display a fund of knowledge consistent with his/her level of training, demonstrate self-directed learning, thoroughness, consistency and reliability, and relate well to families, team members, and patients. The student’s level of patient care responsibility will be determined based on the student’s skill level, and at the discretion of the supervising attending. The goal of Children’s Orthopaedics CE is to provide the medical student with the knowledge and clinical experience necessary to develop basic skills in evaluation and management of disorders of the pediatric musculoskeletal system.

Grade Mode: P/F

Instructional Method: Clinical-Elective
Location offered: Memphis
Hospital: Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and Campbell Clinic
Prerequisites: SUR-30000 or PED-30000

Term offered: Spring

Fall - Instructor of Record: James Beaty - jbeaty@uthsc.edu
Spring - Instructor of Record: James Beaty - jbeaty@uthsc.edu
Course Coordinator: Patricia Goedecke - pgoedecke@uthsc.edu - 901-448-5879

Prior Authorization: No
Blocks Not Offered: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
Off-cycle timing allowed: No
Deadline for Excused Absence: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Deadline for Cancellation: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Overnight Call and/or Float: No
Time off for interviews: No